People group profile · PG016475
The Macushi of Venezuela
The Macushi of Venezuela, numbering about 80 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a South American indigenous people living in the borderlands of southern Guyana, northern Brazil in the state of Roraima, and the eastern part of Venezuela.
They are an indigenous people in the South American Indigenous people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Macushi.
Fast facts
- Country
- Venezuela
- Population
- 80
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- South American Indigenous
- Primary language
- Macushi (mbc)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 15% or Greater but Less than 20%
- GSEC
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- South America, Americas
- Location
- Bolívar state: southeast border area
Where they live
Gospel status
The Macushi are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 10% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Macushi
- Pray for the churches among this group to grow in faithfulness and maturity
- Equip believers to reach the unreached peoples around them
- Send out laborers from this people to the nations
Primary religion
Animism · Ethnoreligion
60% adherents
Primary language
Macushi · Cariban family
50% speak Macushi
Gospel resources in Macushi
- Bible available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
- MVA Version · audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Macushi
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
Macushi in other countries
The same people (ROP3 105976) is reported in 2 other countries.
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